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[ENTREP] Question on Best Way to Facilitate Communications between International Classes

  • 1.  [ENTREP] Question on Best Way to Facilitate Communications between International Classes

    Posted 03-13-2008 09:38
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Ed Leach [mailto:Ed.Leach@dal.ca]
    Sent: March 10, 2008 9:59 AM
    To: 'Fredric Kropp'
    Subject: RE: [ENTREP] Question on Best Way to Facilitate Communications
    between International Classes

    Hi Frederic:

    I have used two tools that I like a lot. Live Classroom a WIMBA product
    mounted within Blackboard and Elluminate (www.elluminate.com )- which I find
    a lot more user friendly. We used elluminate to run a joint engineering
    course in entrepreneurship across three different campuses. Elluminate
    provides video, synchronous access and archived files for the lectures. We
    had guest from Japan, California, Israel etc join us in real time. It is
    likely that your institution has these tools in their suite. While
    presenting at the 2006 ICSB conference I used Elluminate to co-present with
    my colleague who as 11 hours different in Toronto.


    Best,


    Ed



    -----Original Message-----
    From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.pace.edu]
    On Behalf Of Fredric Kropp
    Sent: March 6, 2008 3:18 PM
    To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: [ENTREP] Question on Best Way to Facilitate Communications between
    International Classes

    Hi All.

    I need help solving a problem. I am teaching two graduate-level courses in
    creativity and innovation concurrently, one in the US and one in Adelaide,
    Australia. The one in the US is in standard mode, 3 hours per week over
    15 weeks. The one in Australia is in executive mode - two full days in
    March (during spring break) and two full days in May (after classes end in
    California). I want to connect the two courses, for joint assignments and
    interaction. I can use google groups, zoho, skype groups, moodle (an open
    source blackboard system), Utterz or any other platform that makes sense.

    Here's what I would like to do and I don't know the best way to do it.

    1. I would like the capability to do synchronous and asynchronous
    communication. Adelaide is 16-1/2 hours ahead of California.

    2. I want to set up dyads of students, one here, one in Australia where
    they can have conversations and I can monitor it on an occasional basis.
    The conversation would be closed to everyone else.

    3. I want to be able to have everyone contribute to a forum or a wiki on
    occasion and to have everyone else have the capability to see what others
    are saying and to contribute.

    4. I want to be able to periodically form new groups, say, one-third of
    the class(es) in one group, another in a second group, and a third in a
    third group.

    Does anyone have any suggestions of a good way of doing this? I
    appreciate your help and will send the best solution to people who email
    me.

    Thanks,

    Fredric

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